American Capital Announces the Purchase of 8.9 Million of Its Shares
BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) ("American Capital" or the "Company") announced today that in the fourth quarter of 2013, it made open market purchases of approximately 8.9 million shares of American Capital common stock, or 3.2% of the Company's outstanding shares as of September 30, 2013. The shares were purchased at an average price of $14.88 per share, totaling approximately $132.5 million.
Starting in the third quarter of 2011, American Capital has made open market purchases of 92.7 million shares, or 26.9% of the Company's outstanding shares as of June 30, 2011, at an average price of $11.39 per share, totaling approximately $1.1 billion. Purchases starting in the third quarter of 2011 through September 2013 were $1.69 per share accretive to the Company's $19.54 net asset value per share ("NAV") as of September 30, 2013. Had these shares not been repurchased, American Capital would have had to earn an additional $469 million during that nine quarter period to have produced the same NAV per share. Accretion from the purchases in the fourth quarter of 2013 will be disclosed in the Company's fourth quarter earnings release.
These share purchases were completed in accordance with the Company's Share Repurchase and Dividend Policy under which American Capital will consider quarterly setting an amount to be utilized for stock repurchases or dividends. Generally, the amount may be utilized for repurchases if the price of American Capital's common stock represents a discount to NAV, and the amount may be utilized for the payment of cash dividends if the price of American Capital's common stock represents a premium to NAV.
ABOUT AMERICAN CAPITAL
American Capital, Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACAS) is a publicly traded private equity firm and global asset manager. American Capital, both directly and through its asset management business, originates, underwrites and manages investments in middle market private equity, leveraged finance, real estate, energy & infrastructure and structured products. American Capital manages $20 billion of assets, including assets on its balance sheet and fee earning assets under management by affiliated managers, with $117 billion of total assets under management (including levered assets). Through an affiliate, American Capital manages publicly traded American Capital Agency Corp. (Nasdaq: AGNC) with approximately $10 billion of net book value and American Capital Mortgage Investment Corp. (Nasdaq: MTGE) with approximately $1 billion of net book value. From its eight offices in the U.S. and Europe, American Capital and its affiliate, European Capital, will consider investment opportunities from $10 million to $750 million. For further information, please refer to www.AmericanCapital.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements. The statements regarding expected results of American Capital are subject to various factors and uncertainties, including the uncertainties associated with the timing of transaction closings, changes in interest rates, availability of transactions, changes in regional, national or international economic conditions, or changes in the conditions of the industries in which American Capital has made investments.
Contact:
Investor Relations - (301) 951-5917
SOURCE American Capital, Ltd.
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